Interestingly enough, Microsoft has used the popularity of its Solitaire application to drive users to technologies it wants to popularize. For example, in Windows 8, Solitaire became a Metro Modern Windows App, and the goal there was to get users used to buying applications from Microsoft's built-in app store.

I remember our surprise at work when we discovered that there was Solitaire on our computers. I also remember my frustration trying to master the mouse. It seemed "unnatural" to take my hand off the keyboard to accomplish tasks.